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When you sit down at a play, movie, or concert—or even in front of the TV or scrolling on your phone—you are taking part in one of the oldest and most mysterious forms of human behavior. Being part of an audience is an age-old experience that we all crave, one that has evolved from amphitheaters to screens. Right This Way is a pop history of audiences through the ages. Playbill editor Robert Viagas unfolds the unique aspects of what he calls “audiencing” with stories from the age of the Greeks to the world of Zoom.

The two main characters, Albert and Larry, are 80-year-old twins who have been picking at each other all their lives. They share an apartment, have just purchased a new TV, and are having some difficulty getting it to work.

Professional stage actors are expected to have ready knowledge of a multitude of unwritten yet well-established protocols. Traditionally, this knowledge was passed along from one generation of stage actors to the next via word of mouth, or were learned by having one’s missteps corrected—until now.

Britannia Rules the Stage: The 1980s British Invasion of Musical Theater is a comprehensive exploration of one of the most transformative moments in the history of musical theater. This book delves into the influence of British musicals, such as "Cats," "Phantom of the Opera," and "Les Misérables," in reshaping the landscape of musical theater on Broadway and beyond.

Since this rock opera is based on my Baby Boomer generation, the war representing my father was of course WWII. Although my father fought in the South Pacific, this story is more symbolic by starring an American soldier in Europe. During this European theater of war, the soldiers socialized with the citizens of the countries they passed through and fought in. As a result, there were many babies born in Europe with an absent American father.

Het belang van het antieke Griekse theater blijkt uit de doorwerking en invloed ervan in latere eeuwen. Dichters, prozaschrijvers, beeldend kunstenaars, cineasten, componisten en choreografen raakten hierdoor geïnspireerd. Maar het belang blijkt ook uit de vele opvoeringen van klassieke toneelstukken in de huidige tijd. De vraagstukken die in de tragedies en komedies aan de orde komen zijn tijdloos en de schitterende poëtische taal blijft het publiek aanspreken en ontroeren, ook in vertaling. In zijn hoorcollege bespreekt Hein van Dolen zoveel mogelijk facetten van het antieke theater.

On the last night of his life, Henry Jekyll records the harrowing story of his years-long struggle to maintain his reputation as a physician and philanthropist—while secretly suppressing the voracious beast he had long felt lurking within. Playwright David Rambo drew on The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson for inspiration to create this original L.A. Theatre Works commission.

Protagonista è un Papa senza nome, ma non del tutto irriconoscibile, impersonato stupendamente dallo stesso Fo, che soffre di una strana sindrome: ha paura dei bambini, che pure ha sempre amato, e per di più è colpito da un improvviso e misterioso attacco di artrite. Tra risate e paradossi si parla di droga e tossicodipendenza, ma anche di contraccezione. Va in scena per la prima volta nel 1989.

Un prologo più o meno improvvisato ci offre un ottimo esempio di satira politica aggiornata alla nostra contemporaneità. Seguono traduzioni, adattamenti e riscritture dei testi più significativi di Angelo Beolco, detto Ruzzante, magistralmente interpretati da Dario Fo che con amorosa cura rende omaggio al suo non più tardo illustre predecessore cinquecentesco padano. Va in scena per la prima volta nel 1993.

Dario Fo porta in teatro la più celebre maschera della commedia dell'Arte ispirandosi alle presentazioni fatte in Francia quattro secoli fa dal comico italiano Tristano Martinelli davanti al Re e alla Regina. Un personaggio ben diverso dalla versione ufficializzata da Molière e Goldoni, più popolare e vicino semmai ai fabliaux dell'alto Medioevo e a Rabelais. Va in scena per la prima volta nel 1985.

Questo straordinario monologo ricostruisce la storia della scoperta dell’America dalla parte degli Indios, conquistati ma mai del tutto vinti dai colonizzatori spagnoli. Johan Padan, fuggito da Venezia perché complice di una "strolaga", una strega, e approdato a Siviglia, vedendo che anche lí l'Inquisizione è bene attiva, salta sulla prima nave che trova, e arriva alle Indie. Va in scena per la prima volta nel 1991.

From 1935 to 1939, the Federal Theatre Project staged over a thousand productions in 29 states that were seen by thirty million (or nearly one in four) Americans, two thirds of whom had never seen a play before. At its helm was an unassuming theater professor, Hallie Flanagan. It employed, at its peak, over twelve thousand struggling artists, some of whom, like Orson Welles and Arthur Miller, would soon be famous, but most of whom were just ordinary people eager to work again at their craft. The Playbook takes us through some of its most remarkable productions.

The Tony Award-nominated writer of The Tale of the Allergist's Wife and the long-running hit Off-Broadway play Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, and a Sundance Festival award winner Charles Busch has created a unique place in the entertainment world as a playwright, LGBT icon, drag actor, director, and cabaret performer, with his extraordinary gift for both connecting with and channeling the leading ladies of show business.

As Jews tried to escape Nazi Germany in the 1930s, they faced unthinkable roadblocks in obtaining exit visas. And while they were denied entry in one country after another, a bureaucratic oddity enabled some of them to flee to an unlikely destination: Shanghai, China. In this LATW original commission, playwright Kate McAll used the survivors’ own words to create a narrative of people starting their lives over in a completely new land.

Musical director and arranger David Loud, a legendary Broadway talent, recounts his wildly entertaining and deeply poignant trek through the wilderness of his childhood and the edge-of-your-seat drama of a career on, in, under, and around Broadway for decades. He reveals his struggle against the ravages of Parkinson's and triumphs repeatedly. This memoir is also a remarkable love letter to music. Loud is the Ted Lasso of the theater business, ever the optimist!

Part backstage tour, part travelogue, part social commentary, Letters from Backstage recounts Michael Kostroff’s adventures touring with the road companies of The Producers and Les Miserables. Trekking through more than 20 American cities large and small, here is the story of an actor’s dream come true and the bizarre things that happened along the way—not to mention personal anecdotes about celebrities, including Mel Brooks, Susan Stroman, Jason Alexander, and Martin Short!

Prepare to be spellbound by the enchanting world of musical theatre as you uncover the showstopper within. Stagestruck is the ultimate companion, resonating with your artistic spirit and leading you to compose the opus of your lifetime. Whether a blossoming writer or a seasoned theatre enthusiast, this audiobook guarantees to be the definitive resource that leaves audiences in awe and propels your musical theatre journey to center stage.

In the late Fifties and Sixties, iconoclastic young rebels in Chicago opened two tiny theaters—The Compass and The Second City—where they satirized politics, religion, and sex. Developing scenes by improvising based on audience suggestions turned out to be a fine way to develop great actors, directors, and writers. Alumni went on to create such groundbreaking works as The Graduate, Groundhog Day, and Don't Look Up. Many of them also became stars on Saturday Night Live. Something Wonderful Right Away features the pioneers who founded the empire that transformed American comedy.

Blending a behind-the-scenes history of New York City’s Public Theater with an affecting remembrance of her husband, Public Theater founder Joe Papp, Public/Private is Gail Merrifield Papp’s enthralling and heartfelt memoir of a legendary theatrical institution.

Con questa pièce teatrale Dario Fo e Franca Rame tornano alla satira politica, documentata e d'attualita', con una performance a dir poco esilarante. Protagonista dell’opera è il presidente del Consiglio al quale, in seguito a un attentato, viene trapiantato il cervello di Vladimir Putin. Ne scaturisce una figura dalla doppia personalità. Va in scena per la prima volta nel 2003. Le registrazioni dalle quali è stato estratto l’audio sono del 2003 e del 2004.